The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 09

by John Dryden

4.

The sun but seemed the labourer of the year;

Each waxing moon supplied her watery store,[100]

To swell those tides, which from the Line did bear

Their brim-full vessels to the Belgian shore.

5.

Thus, mighty in her ships, stood Carthage long,

And swept the riches of the world from far;

Yet stooped to Rome, less wealthy, but more strong;